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Honors U.S. History: African Americans and the Revolutionary War

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  • You guys are free!
  • Where are we going?
  • Somewhere where we'll be safe.
  • It's not much, but it's better than what I had.
  • The British release slaves in the South to disrupt the American war effort.
  • These ideas on liberty and equality are really inspiring.
  • Liberty and Equality
  • Some slaves take the chance to flee.
  • "Even an African had Equally good a right to his Liberty in common with an Englishmen..."- Lemuel Hayes, an African American writer
  • Everyone Deserves Liberty and Equality, Even Slaves.The irony of this war is that Americans want freedom for Britain, but won't allow the freedom of slaves. When the war is won, the fight to free slaves will begin.
  • Others decided to stay in America.
  • Well we are from the South, and us and our people want to keep slavery!
  • We are from the North, and us and our people want to emancipate all slaves!
  • Those who stayed were exposed to the idea of liberty and equality.
  • The idea of liberty and equality for all, including African Americans, started to spread.
  • This began the controversial anti-slavery argument within the government and the people, which would go on for many years after the Revolutionary War.
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